Dementia: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 84017 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing the relevant target from the NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2025-6 on the dementia diagnosis rate.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 6 Nov 2025
The Darzi Investigation found that there are too many targets set for the National Health Service, which made it hard for local systems to prioritise their actions or to be held properly accountable.Our aim is to give more power to local systems and let t...